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Portrait of Kaue Machado seated and leaning against a lab bench in his laboratory, with a vibrating blade microtome machine in the foreground

Research & Innovation • Published 5 months ago

This “dopamine aficionado” is exploring new approaches to a Parkinson’s puzzle

UAB neuroscientist Kauê Machado Costa, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, received a Parkinson's Foundation grant to test an intriguing hypothesis: The cognitive deficits now known to occur in the early years of Parkinson's disease may be a clue that learning-oriented dopamine circuits shift gears to cover for their movement-focused cousins. If Costa’s hypothesis is correct, it could point the way to tests that speed up Parkinson's diagnoses.

David Schneider, Ph.D., and Catherine Crowe, J.D.

People of UAB • Published 10 months ago

UAB announces strategic realignment of Graduate School and Global Affairs

UAB Graduate School and Global Affairs will become two distinct, collaborative entities with David Schneider, Ph.D., and Catherine Crowe, J.D., serving in interim leadership roles.

A student leans against a table in the newly redesigned Sterne Library ground floor, talking to a fellow student with her back to the camera

In the Know • Published more than a year ago

A $2.2 million investment transforms UAB Libraries into 21st-century learning spaces

The multimillion-dollar commitment has been invested in collections, resources, personnel, physical renovations and other improvements during the past several years.